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Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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The steady expansion of welfare programs can be taken as a measure of the steady disintegration of the Negro family structure over the past generation in the United States. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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Surrender to life itself and you'll just be rewarded with so many things. And I've been rewarded so many times, in so many mysterious ways. So I have no reason to be disappointed with anything. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#been #disappointed #i #itself #just

I'm totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that's the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go. ↗

— Jason Mraz

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For me, by far, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world. ↗

— Andy Murray

#event #far #me #olympics #sporting event

And if you're singing to someone, or if they're singing along, and suddenly you're in harmony, then it's actually making a huge difference on a subatomic level that is actually transforming the world. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#along #difference #harmony #huge #huge difference

But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#being myself #closest #competition #decided #discovery

But that guitar is the perfect companion to the human voice. You rest it against your gut, against your heart, and when you strum it the vibrations go outwards for all to hear, but the vibration also hits you on your body. ↗

— Jason Mraz

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Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound. ↗

— Jason Mraz

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